Tag: Valery Gergiev
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Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies by Great Russian Conductors
Alto has gathered fifteen critically acclaimed, Russian-led recordings of all of Shostakovich’s symphonies – including such landmarks as Kiril Kondrashin’s legendary premiere performance of the Thirteenth Symphony, Evgeny Mravinsky’s blistering live recording of the Eighth Symphony, and Mstislav Rostropovich’s uncompromising live recording of the Eleventh, along with a “Who’s Who” of other Russian maestros including…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 7 – Gergiev, LSO
[BBC Music Magazine’s Disc of the Month]: ‘Right from the start, with those dark, dragging rhythms, there’s a sense that something special is afoot here … Gergiev charts the whole labyrinthine course with thrilling assurance [whilst] the virtuosity and sensitivity of the L.S.O – is a continual exhilarating delight.’ ’ [The Times]: “This is a…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 – Gergiev, LSO
“This is a great disc, and no mistake. It is the first to which I am glad to give the “IRR Outstanding” appellation. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.’ (International Record Review). “at once the most ambitious and the most impressive in Gergiev’s Mahler series…The atmosphere of a great occasion is caught admirably, with the…
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, Brahms: Haydn Variations – Davis, Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra
(Symphony 9) “’Davis offers a story and a sense of conviction that place his performance in a wholly different league.’ (BBC Music Magazine 5 stars) “Unmissable … Superb in all respects. Sound quality doesn’t come any better than this whatever the price. Don’t hesitate!” (Classic CD)
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 15
“(9th) They capture not only the joyful irreverence but the sense of danger lurking beneath … solo wind playing is excellent throughout…brilliantly played and vividly recorded” (CD Review) (15th) “with a superbly vivid Fifteenth, generally hard-driven à la Mravinsky but far more convincingly poised … first movement goes at a frightening lick, deserting the toy…
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Karol Szymanowski Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4, Stabat Mater – Denis Matsuev, Valery Gergiev, LSO
[2nd] “a natural inheritor of Scriabinesque exoticism, Szymanowski brings out the best in Scriabin’s most imaginative interpreters, which is why Gergiev proves such a convincing interpreter … excellent playing from the LSO” [4th] “Matsuev has his feet…firmly planted on terra firma … the gorgeous return to lushness in the second movement suggests an almost Ravelian…
